Tag: IISE

Yongpei Guan, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering (ISE) at the University of Florida, has been named a Fellow of the Institute of Industrial & Systems Engineers (IISE). Guan has been recognized for his significant contributions to the industrial & systems engineering discipline. The Fellow award is the highest classification […]

The Institute of Industrial & Systems Engineers (IISE) sponsors the Prtisker Doctoral Dissertation Award each year, which recognizes research in industrial engineering. This year, Dr. Yongpei Guan’s former student, Dr. Kai Pan, won first place for his dissertation entitled, “Deterministic and Stochastic Unit Commitment Problems: Convex Hulls, Strong Formulations, and Case Studies.” Dr. Pan presented […]

Dr. Panos Pardalos gave, invited, plenary talks at several international conferences this past month. June 8: He spoke at the, annual, Greek Operations Research Society meeting in Thessaloniki Greece. June 12: He gave a lecture at the 4th International Conference on Energy, Sustainability and Climate Change in Santorini, Greece. June 19: He gave an opening […]

Each year, the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE) holds the National IISE Innovative Design Competition. The competition aims to showcase the creativity of ISE design by having students work in multi-university teams to develop a conceptual design for a new product in order to satisfy a need in the global marketplace. After the […]

Since 2011, the Institute of Industrial & Systems Engineers (IISE) has been conducting a YouTube video contest that is sponsored by the IISE Industry Advisory Board (IAB). The submitted videos are to be between three and 10 minutes, and introduce the ISE profession to high school students, teachers, and counselors. This year, UF ISE’s very own Pablo Casilimas, […]

The University of Florida chapter of Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers has the distinction of hosting the organization’s annual Southeast Regional Conference this year. The conference is March 3 to 5, 2017, with events taking place in the Reitz Union and around Gainesville. “Everyone has been working super hard,” said SERC Planning Team Co-President […]